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That will be Nystr?m??s task. a coup has taken place. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. of being a Russian agent. Jonasson made two deep incisions all the way down to the cranium and peeled back the skin round the entry wound.?? Berger smiled. walked to police headquarters on Bergsgatan. It was an almost shocking feeling when the hand-held suddenly showed that it had established a connection.?? Blomkvist weighed the situation for a moment. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. He recognized her straightaway as Monica Figuerola of S. he has integrity. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis.?? ??I understand.?? ??I heard that you had a disagreement about a headline with Anders Holm. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings. ??I??m thinking of doing just that.?? ??That??s pretty vague.

??The Section?? was Francke??s idea.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I??ve been keeping it under wraps all this time ?C Mikael??s going to???? ??Micke??s going to go through the roof. chief talked us into it. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. She had been thinking for so long that the bathwater was now cold. the officer who had worked with the financial police. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential. Luckily she does accept information.?? He paused for a moment. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. Consequently. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were.

wire service. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. unfortunately. you say??? ??I don??t believe F?lldin would have covered up something like this.?? ??He was referring to the fact that I??m extremely good with computers. We??ve been wondering what that was about. Berger did not arrive in the newsroom until lunchtime. whether I resign or not. That was almost three weeks. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. a pervert and a rapist. her boyfriend. and had managed only by holding a gun on him the whole time.000 Swedish kronor. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. That??s much more serious.?? ??And you??re perfectly sure about that? It??s not difficult to imagine things when you??re scared or excited. as you can appreciate.

Constitutional Protection. It looked as though she might have been buried during the night.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice. It made sense. could focus on a specific area to separate out and monitor mobile calls. That could not have been chance. Bublanski pursed his lips.?? ??But he refuses to give the police any information about Salander. arson.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I.nu.?? ??I can??t accept that.com>. a lot of jobs and good money for several years. or to move his belongings aside. He packed his bag and went down to the front desk. She took hold of his shirtsleeve.

That was why it was generally either the regular police or other divisions within the Security Police who stepped in when Nazis were to be arrested. He asked her what her business was. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. She had not moved it anywhere else. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton. You??re going to look like a paranoid. His parents were Marianne and Georg Bodin. If she had a car parked down on Pryssgr?nd. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg.P.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. everything was under control.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors. We haven??t had any tip-offs. It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to crime.P. I think I??m trying to understand something. and which he wants S.

M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. The computer started up. No response.?? ??It??s very simple. you have to admit.?? ??Annika ?? this isn??t the way I had planned to end my time at Millennium. The technology was not perfect. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. things look good. And you don??t have to answer if you don??t want to. Robbery.P. and that there would still be time to tell everyone. The only two books with any real ambition to portray the work of the Security Police were Power Struggle for S?po and Espionage in Sweden. It??s happened.?? ??Exactly. and Mia Johansson.

Which he had no intention of doing. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section.?? ??I see. It was a slow process. It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. Camilla. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. grey-haired man Modig had never seen before. Jonas Shit. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. of course.?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began.?? she said. are laws. and blood gushed from the wound. You go home. And fucking Salander.

since he had faithfully voted for the moderates in one election after another.?? ??Thanks.?? ??Do you want to see it??? He looked surprised. They could not do anything to solve her private problems. I??ll be in the cage for a while. Then a series of notes claiming that Salander was paranoid and a schizophrenic. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. I won??t. now retrained as a locksmith.C. She raised her right hand and felt her head.I. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. Nilsson frowned. Niedermann is of no importance. ??I don??t know anything about that. who??s responsible??? the P. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you.

was a seriously big mistake. If it hasn??t already happened. ??You know what? I??m incredibly hungry. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.P. The door was locked. marked ??Bjurman. or he can do something else. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual.?? ??I??m on the way in. But not at 7. How much would all that stuff weigh? No. He had used the signature Kalle. but I??m inclined to think he??s right. reached out and grabbed the pencil. What??s happened??? ??News. He had come by special transport for the disabled. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing.

R.I. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor.?? he said. or whatever problem arose. And yet his liver. ??there is one record that neither F?lldin nor his visitors thought of. of course. and she got it at St Stefan??s. who already had an overview of the activities of the Section.m. and the fact that the girl was shot three times.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. ??I understand that your daughter threw a Molotov cocktail into your car in the early ??90s.?? she said. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock.H. He bathed too seldom and his apartment smelled like a monkey house.

??That was my first thought too. He also had traces of alcohol. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it. If the plan failed. He focused his gaze on the computer screen. Don??t ever forget that. Cortez exhaled in relief. A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. Talk with doctors.?? Blomkvist laughed.P. a father. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. but she was not sure whether that was a good thing or bad.?? Blomkvist woke up at 10.

He opened his mobile and called Cortez. ??It??s me. Kurdo Baksi. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager. who took charge immediately. but they never argued either. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm. We??ve discussed how we can help you.?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. it??s a reasonable speculation. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. and he had never supposed that she would be able to call him from her isolation. He also says that the forgery is a good one and that the content is a clever blend of truth and fantasy. The second was an hour-long meeting with the chairman Magnus Borgsj?.

In March 1989. Blomkvist had heard of the place for the first time less than twelve hours earlier. At least.?? ??Who should I say is here??? ??An old colleague. She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him.M. And above all it was important that he make the arrest. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married. They??ll try to create a situation where they can say that ??certainly Zalachenko was a fiend. coming and going as he pleased.?? ??I??m having trouble digesting it myself.K. Now go. She did notice improvements. But it??s been utter chaos here. How did this get here??? one of them said.

G. A yes or no will be fine. But it??s a good question. two from Eriksson. but a participant in unfolding events. but I won??t mention how or where I got them. But he was able to do one last favour for the Section.?? Berger smiled. female and Lutheran. and then to India.M. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. and then he paused for a moment. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. Anything else would be unthinkable. Then the two old agents embraced. her father.

Accordingly he had to contrive some cause that would legitimize what he was doing. If the plan failed. She calculated the distance. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. Torsten.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. he had.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.M.M.Monday. That was one of the things he liked best about his office.. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. would have to be informed. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either. It was agreed that Zalachenko would be handled by the Section for Special Analysis. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth.

??We think we know what happened in broad outline. You won??t. She saw him in the wing mirror on the passenger side as he went on down towards Hornsgatan. ??One more thing. ??Mikael. Are you in pain??? ??Yes.?? the P. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning.P. Putting a mobile telephone into an air vent inside a locked cleaning supplies room.?? ??Oh. Criminal Inspector Faste was the investigative leader in all matters dealing with Salander. and what the routines are in that section. And that leads to one or two disagreeable conclusions. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. a doorman. chief talked us into it.?? ??I see.

S. Alias Falun. one. that she had time to address the issue. After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon.M. He noticed that over the course of the evening her fever had again risen dramatically. And now the murderer herself had been shot. He has an exemplary record with no real criticisms. Then he stood up and put the muzzle to Zalachenko??s temple and squeezed the trigger twice. But I??ve moved. We??ve come across a story that will sink your chairman. I won??t forget it. whom he did not know. ??There are two problems remaining.?? She glanced at her watch.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. ??He knew that the whole Zalachenko affair was in danger of being exposed and that he risked a prison sentence for sex-trade crimes.

the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were.?? ??But why would the K. and on top of it all. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. ??Why didn??t she tell anyone before??? he said at last. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora. She could not see the blue overalls. Figuerola thought long and hard as to what she should do about Gullberg. Edklinth felt the floor sway slightly beneath his chair. According to the doctors. I??m terribly. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. ??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. He used the probe cautiously to prise at the edge of the bullet. Cortez.